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daviddawn · 02-03-08, 11:15 PM

hi all, i have asked this question to a few people but have not yet got a straight answer, so could anyone please tell me is it ok if i cancel my subscription then after use the modem which vm give me, is this safe to do? if so is the ambit 250 capable of running on a 20mb config, cheerz.

lincsat · 02-03-08, 11:55 PM

The Ambit 250 is capable of 20meg. If you cancel your subscription, they may want it back and may cut your feed.

daviddawn · 03-03-08, 01:56 PM

thanks lincsat, i was thinking of canceling my subscription then if they do not pick it up within a few weeks i would mod it, when you say cut your feed do you mean they will deactivate the feed to my house from the green box, if so cant i just activate it again from the green box with a tool. cheerz

rd100 · 03-03-08, 06:07 PM

I am sure the 250/255 can handle up to 40mb but i might me wrong, I have also been told they now issue a 256 ambit which they give to new customers and it will also handle docsis 3 for their new up coming 50mb service,

But I'm sure you will not be able to clone a 256 or the 50mb as they have fixed all the loop holes

kpatrickm · 21-04-08, 11:42 PM

I just got a 256 ambit installed the other day.Think I had the 100 previously.So there is NO way to hack this 256 then?

Tee_111 · 21-04-08, 11:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kpatrickm

I just got a 256 ambit installed the other day.Think I had the 100 previously.So there is NO way to hack this 256 then?

Cannot be done yet mate.. but the 255 can be done..

Mucker666 · 27-04-08, 05:33 PM

I've got a friend that worked for N*l but I have been uable to contact him for awile,so i'm not suren if he still works for virgin now they've took over so i might not be able to confirm this?!!!! but his job was to collect cable boxes & modems from customers that had canceld their subscription, which he was payed £10 per unit he recovered as an insentive so they will come looking to collect thier equiptment until you return it ! so if you dont answer the door to them you'll be OK but if you do then you got 2 opions #1 return whats theirs #2 or inform them you dont have it "to which they walk away" but then you recieve a bill for the FULL cost of the equiptment!!
My friend told me the only chance to get away with keeping the equiptment is if you can get them 2 belive an Enginier had already collected it (this used to work as employes were steeling boxes to chip then sell while auditing unable to collect on returns paperwork) be carefull

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daviddawn Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 221 Thanks: 20 Thanked 14 Times in 13 Posts	Re: ambit 250 modem capable of 20mb? thanks lincsat, i was thinking of canceling my subscription then if they do not pick it up within a few weeks i would mod it, when you say cut your feed do you mean they will deactivate the feed to my house from the green box, if so cant i just activate it again from the green box with a tool. cheerz

03-03-08, 06:07 PM	#4 (permalink)
rd100 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 381 Thanks: 2 Thanked 26 Times in 22 Posts	Re: ambit 250 modem capable of 20mb? I am sure the 250/255 can handle up to 40mb but i might me wrong, I have also been told they now issue a 256 ambit which they give to new customers and it will also handle docsis 3 for their new up coming 50mb service, But I'm sure you will not be able to clone a 256 or the 50mb as they have fixed all the loop holes __________________ Prodelin 3.7m Prodelin 1.8m Andrew 1.2m , Vantage 221s ci Manhattan xt-f Arion HD, Orbit & showtime sub & AFN,

21-04-08, 11:42 PM	#5 (permalink)
kpatrickm Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 83 Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: ambit 250 modem capable of 20mb? I just got a 256 ambit installed the other day.Think I had the 100 previously.So there is NO way to hack this 256 then?

27-04-08, 05:33 PM	#7 (permalink)
Mucker666 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 12 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: ambit 250 modem capable of 20mb? I've got a friend that worked for N*l but I have been uable to contact him for awile,so i'm not suren if he still works for virgin now they've took over so i might not be able to confirm this?!!!! but his job was to collect cable boxes & modems from customers that had canceld their subscription, which he was payed £10 per unit he recovered as an insentive so they will come looking to collect thier equiptment until you return it ! so if you dont answer the door to them you'll be OK but if you do then you got 2 opions #1 return whats theirs #2 or inform them you dont have it "to which they walk away" but then you recieve a bill for the FULL cost of the equiptment!! My friend told me the only chance to get away with keeping the equiptment is if you can get them 2 belive an Enginier had already collected it (this used to work as employes were steeling boxes to chip then sell while auditing unable to collect on returns paperwork) be carefull

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